LETTER: Cutting The Valuable Stuff

February 26, 2013

Have neither the editors of The Courant nor the people of Connecticut ever heard of "The Washington Monument Ploy," a favorite tool of the federal government and the more liberal state governments for dealing with budget cuts? Instead of eliminating useless programs or firing redundant bureaucrats, they cut the most important -- and visible -- services: policemen, firefighters, teachers and hospital staff, and close libraries and museums.